It’s the country with most of it’s land below sea level, without any mountains, lots of reclaimed land from the sea, densely populated, liberal, with so much water, wind, bikes, birds, dykes, flowers, fish, polders, windmills, bridges, cheese and tall people. It’s that small orange country, the Netherlands.

In case you’re asking in what kind of inspirational environment all the Dutch designers live, here’s a quick view of some of the places and landscapes:

And there you go. So what do you think? Does the environment you live in effects your style of design?

The characteristic quality of digitized realism, captures a playfully surreal world of portrait photography; taking a whimsical look at this cast of historical figures while maintaining a high mind for the quality and execution of the images. ‘Faces of History’ is a fascinating exercise by the talented DeLone.

Albert Einstein by Ruadh DeLone.

Stan Laurel by Ruadh DeLone.

Vladimir Lenin by Ruadh DeLone.

Jack Nicholson by Ruadh DeLone.

Vincent van Gogh by Ruadh DeLone.

Salvador Dali by Ruadh DeLone.

Adolf Hitler by Ruadh DeLone.

Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven by Ruadh DeLone.